Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Its Keren here with a new layout for Riddersholm Design using the Christmas Cosy collection

I used the Cosy Cutout paper for the background. One of the sides has this beautiful dark wintery layout. It looks like a snowy wintery night. It already has white snow splatters in the background so it was perfect for this layout.

Our dogs fur is white as snow and so I thought it was perfect for this wintery layout. I stencilled some snowflakes in the background using modelling paste and then framed the photo with the Blue Fern studios Blooming Curls frame which was primed with gesso and then sprinkled with fine white glitter.

Finally I added some neutral coloured Prima flowers and a title to finish the layout.

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Its Keren here with another art journaling double page I created for the Scrapberry's blog.

This is my last post for this year and also the last post for Scrapberry's as a Design Team member.

I want to thank Scrapberry's for the opportunity to design with their amazing products.

I love designing with blues and purples. They are my favourite colours to design with because they make me feel good. I used the new water-soluble oil pastels from Prima to create this bright background. Then I added white and black to enhance the texture of the page.

I fussy cut one of the papers from the Holiday Romance collection to use as the message in my journal page.

I also used the Polymer resins from the "For Wedding" collection so I could have some 3D elements on the page. I used the Love word and some rings to fit in with the rest of the mixed media circles.

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Wednesday, December 9, 2015

This is the project I designed a few days ago on the Artists Live Ustream channel.

I designed a mixed media shadow box using a 5x7 frame I bought at the dollar store.

Here is the video recording of the Ustream show:

I used the Yuletide Mistletoe paper to cover the centre and sides of the frame.

Then I stencilled the Yuletide Elk Head mask in the background using modelling paste mixed with yellow mica powder to match the yellow background. Then I added the Yuletide chipboard elk head which was inked in black. Finally I put the 3D elk head on top of the other two

Although it wasn't my intention to create such a busy page, my creativity took its own path and I continued adding products until I was satisfied with the look of my project.

I have a step by step video tutorial below explaining it all.

Here is the step by step video tutorial:

As you can see below, the pages have a lot of texture and colour. At first I wasn't totally happy with the results, however as I continued to work on the background, I found a way to change it to the way I wanted. That's one of the things I love about mixed media, you can continue to add mediums until you are happy with the results.

This below is the centre of my starburst pattern. It feels like it has so much creative and inspirational power when I look at it.

Hi, I'm KerenI’m a wife to a wonderful husband and a mother to two amazing kids. I’ve been scrapbooking for 13 years and I'm very passionate about it. Over the past couple of years, I've diverted myself into the mixed media world and I love combining them both together.

I love to create and experiment with many different mediums and techniques. My style is always evolving and that's one of the things I love about this art. I hope you enjoy the layouts I create!!

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